This is a fairly decent flick. I personally find the character Diabolik highly likable. In fact - and granted I haven't seen every episode - I can't think of a more likable villain. He's so unusually likable with the film spending such ample time unfolding his depth of character that it took me half the movie to realize Diabolik is the villain. True, his antics occasionally cause some deaths but I like him. Tops at his craft, that fellow. I do however lament Mike & Co missing blatant Mortal Kombat references with Diabolik's latex suit.

Like Joe Don Baker, Celi was in a James Bond movie; unlike Baker, he was the Bond nemesis/top villain. It was the non-MGM/Broccoli re-make of 'Thunderball', and the last Sean Connory Bond gig (aptly titled "Never Say Never Again". He was the commandant of the Italian prison camp in the film adaptation of 'Von Ryan's Express' (which I re-watched recently), as well. He may have been in the seminal 'The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly', as I recall, too...I think I remember him as the sadistic Union Army prison camp warden who made the rag-tag band play to mask the sound of his guy beating the crap out of Eli Wallach. He was certainly hanging around the desert movie sets of Toscana at the time...I'd have to look at the G,B,atU. titles (or just watch it again; I have the 3+hr European cut from which the 2 1/2 hr. US release was culled, but haven't seen it for a long time. I spend too much time over here) Celi seemed to be having a good old time here, and gleefully chewed the scenery. No less, he made the stinger and got the last word(s) on the [gulp!] 11 year run: "Is that stud?......Coming?"

Love ya, Brains and bots! Like those well-programmed losers on the bus-line, I'm going to go watch 'The Crawling Eye' now.
(I'm doing it for the kicks)

I swear, this movie gets more annoying with each re-watch: so annoying that I wish Space Chief and Krankor had crashed it halfway through. Also, let's hear it for John "Bug Eyes" Law and his ONE facial expression.

I'm wondering did the movie makers steal a set from Star Trek or Rocky Jones.
For some reason I had an urge to listen to the band BOSTON.Plus why "The Pretender" part where he looks thru that opening then closes it again

so.....i'm now wondering how Crow, Servo, Gypsy and Cambot return to the SOL...how Pearl, Bobo and Brainguy get back to the VW Bus.....and, well.....nvm, I'll just repeat to myself "it's just a show"....and really try to relax

I just heard the strains of "Who Will I Kill?" (the farewell to Frank at the end of season 6). In the transition from the SOL going down to Mike, Tom and Crow in their shared apartment, just a few notes, but it was unmistakably that song.

The idea of Diabolik being like Robin Hood reminds me of a line from Blackadder series 3 in which Baldrick is describing a famous highwayman:
Baldrick: They say he's halfway to becoming the next Robin Hood.
Blackadder: Why halfway?
Baldrick: Well, he steals from the rich, but he hasn't quite gotten 'round to giving to the poor yet...

No mention that this is a Dino De Laurentiis film? 167 movies produced, 1 oscar, 22 awards, 6 oscar nominations? It just goes to show...you produce enough movies, one of them is bound to (be an oscar winner) a real stinker.

Even those lovable nerds The Beastie Boys paid homage to this episode! In ther video body movin' . "GREAT" now I'm even more depressed. R.I.P. Adam To The MSTies you will always be "ONE OF US! ONE OF US!"

A lot of the dialog and sound effects in this movie were heavily sampled and used as intros & outros in the Messer Chups Album "Crazy Price"... which belongs to the Ipecac Records catalogue...which is a record label co-owned by Mike Patton...there just thought I'd share that : P

In my opinion this film is way too stylish and sexy to be given the MST3k treatment...and the Ennio Morricone score is just so freakin' great!!! Btw, Mike Patton has done a fantastic cover version of 'Deep Down' - check it out :)

Skit riff during Tom Servo extermination sequence. Crow -"That's far too much you. You should be limited to 1 or less." (lol, this one took a second to set in...too funny! I don't usually laugh during the skits but this episode had me for 3!)